A Filmmaking Guide with an Edge, and an Insider Guide to Steps of Making a Movie

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BUDGET
• Calculate budget and how much money you need to make the movie
• Include and draw schedule
• Financiers respond best to a line-item budgets, rather than a request for a general
dollar amount
• Break down the script to determine how many shooting days, cast and crew
requirements, production design, camera and lighting equipment needs,
postproduction expenses, etc.
• Vendors, cast, crew members, locations budget aspects
• Have starting point budget to present to potential investors
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• Budget busters - shooting days, script page count and number of locations
• Elaborate shots take time to set up, keep it KISS
• SFX and special makeup take extra time
• Avoid filming at night or children
• Get actors that want to work for credit
• Avoid special effects
• Direct yourself
• Use simple camera setups and small lighting kit

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BUDGET
LOW BUDGET SAMPLE OF DISTRIBUTABLE MOVIE
Producer, writer, director……….0 (probably you)
Director of Photography.……….350/day
Grips (2) at $150 each………… 300/day
Boom Operator…………………150/day
Total guerrilla crew……………800
THE BUSINESS PLAN
• The blueprint to the production and venture also called the package
• Have your attorney take a look at it to make sure it is within SEC compliance if
you’re using it to raise money.
• At minimum it should include:

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